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Notice to Readers: National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention
Month --- December 2005
December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (3D Month). During 2004, alcohol-related
motor-vehicle crashes resulted in 16,694 deaths in the United States, accounting for 39% of all traffic fatalities. This amounts to
one alcohol-related death every 31 minutes
(1). Moreover, approximately 21% of all crashes that killed children aged
<14 years in 2004 were alcohol-related
(1), and nearly two thirds of children killed in alcohol-related crashes were in the same car as
the drinking driver (2).
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic safety facts 2004, alcohol. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2004. Publication no. DOT-HS-809-905.
Quinlan KP, Brewer RD, Sleet DA, Dellinger AM. Characteristics of child passenger deaths and injuries involving drinking drivers.
JAMA 2000;283:2249--52.
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